Improved meat-masher



ing bruising-lever.

UNITED STATns aTrnvT Ottica.

GEORGE W'. PUTNAM, OF PETERBOROUGH, (TOWT OF SMITHFIELD,) N. Y.

IMPROVED MEAT-MASHER..

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 45,633, dated December 27, 1864.

T0 all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. PUTNAM, of Peterborough. in the county of Madison and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mode of Preparing Meats; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a longitudinal vertical section of my invention when arranged with g the reciprocating bruising-lever. Fig. 2 is a any other suitable material, and by placing plan or top view ot' the same. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view ofa revolving pounder,

. o and repeatedly working the lever with sufwhich may be substituted for the reciprocatthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in a reciprocating bruising-lever connected to a vertically-adjustable swivel-standard, and provided with a i toothed or rough surface plate, of iron or other Fig. et is a modification of f be reversed and another surface of the lever can be brought into action.

The various surfaces of the lever O are provided with poniiding-plates fj" 7"2fnl of a dit' ferent nature. One of the pounding-plates presents a smooth surface, another a knifeshaped projection, one a series of bill-shaped teeth, and one a combination of points and fiat pointed teeth, to be used either alone or in succession, according to the nature of the meat to be prepared.

The various pounding surfaces of the lever C may be made of wood or iron coated with zinc, tin, or other non corrosive metal, or of the meat to be prepared on the table or surface iicient force the fiber of the meat is broken or bruised and the meat is made tender.

Instead of the reciprocating lever C a lever,

i Cit, may be used,which is made wholly or partially round, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and this lever is fastened toa hooked standard, Dit, so that a rolling motion may be given to it, if desirable, and after the iibers of the inea-t are sufficiently bruised or broken by the above process it (the lever) maybe used as a beater, and afew light blows, ifdesirable, may be given with the lever to equalize the surface of the meat.

The lever may be readily detached to facilitate the beating opera-tion, and also the operation of cleaning the machine.

The surface of the lever O* may be provided such a manner that a piece of meat placed on said block of wood can be thoroughly pounded by the actionof the lever and its fibers broken or bruised to render the same tender previous to cooking.

A represents a frame, made of wood or any other suitable material or combination of materials, and provided with a socket, a, to re ceive the central stud, b, of the table or block B. This table may be made of wood or other snitable material, and it is, er may be, provided j l meat over the common method ot' pounding is with a rough surface, o, which is to receive the meat to be prepared.

After the meat has been placed on the table B or on the rough surface o, it is exposed to the action of the bruisinglever C. This lever has its fulcrum on a pivot, d, and is secured in a standard, D, rising from the frame A, and this standard is so arranged that it easily rotates on a pivot, o, and that it can be raised and lowered, it' desired. By these means the lever C can be moved laterally, so as to sweep over a considerable portion of the table B, or over the entire rough surface o, attached to said table, or, if desired, the standard can with longitudinal smoothedged or scalloped ridges g, or with spikes IL; or it may be furnished with starsbaped collars i, as shown in the drawings.

The superiority of this inode of preparing that the iiber or grain of the meat is .not mashed or made pasty and unpleasant to the sight, but the fiber, though well biokeii, pretree-ting als above described. It is rendered wholesome, palatable and easy of digestion.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The use of a reciprocating or rollingv)` lever, C 0*, with flat or rough beating-surfaces, to Operate in combination with the table B, or its equivalent, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein shown and described.

GEORGE W. PUTNAM. litnesses:

REUBEN GORDON, THOMAS C. BARNETT. 

